WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Rep. Don Bacon, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: * * * Bacon, Meeks Demand Bessent & Rubio Explain Easing of Russian Oil Sanctions * Washington, DC \-Representatives Don Bacon and Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, sent a bipartisan letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Secretary of State Marco Rubio demanding answers on the Trump administration's decision to ease sanctions on Russian oil. The lawmakers wa more PR

DUARTE, California, March 25 (TNSjou) -- City of Hope issued the following news release: * * * New City of Hope and TGen Study Uncovers Mechanism Explaining How Obesity Increases Cancer Risk Bigger bodies grow larger organs with more cells, increasing the odds for mutations and future malignancy * LOS ANGELES and PHOENIX -- Scientists at City of Hope and TGen (part of City of Hope) are the first to explain a major mechanism for why gaining excess weight increases your risk of cancer. City o more PR

SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS, France, March 24 [Category: Medical] -- The European Society of Cardiology posted the following news release: * * * Combining small changes to sleep, diet, and exercise could be key to reducing heart attack and stroke risk * Key takeaways * Small, combined improvements to sleep, diet and physical activity can reduce the risk of major cardiovascular events such as heart attacks, stroke, and heart failure, new research shows. * Sleeping for 11 minutes more, doing an extra 4 more PR

ARGONNE, Illinois, March 25 (TNSjou) -- The U.S. Department of Energy Argonne National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * Now you see it, now you don't: Material can transition between quantum states Extracting and restoring potassium from layers of nickel and sulfur enables switching between two electronic states The switchable material offers potential functionality for devices such as transistors and sensors. * A team of scientists led by the U.S. Department of Energy's more PR

WASHINGTON, March 23 -- Rep. Gregory W. Meeks, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * House Foreign Affairs Ranking Member Meeks, Bacon Demand Bessent & Rubio Explain Easing of Russian Oil Sanctions * Washington, D.C. - Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Representative Don Bacon sent a bipartisan letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Secretary of State Marco Rubio demanding answers on the Trump administration's d more PR

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, March 24 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Low-cost sensor system could warn farmers of salt stress in plants Soil salinity is a critical concern in agriculture when excessive soluble salts restrict a plant's water uptake, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, hindering crop growth and reducing yields on roughly 30% of U.S. irrigated land. Caused by irrigation, poor drainage or saltwater intrusion, soil salinity impacts more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, March 24 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * A complicated future for a methane-cleansing molecule * Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas that is second only to carbon dioxide in driving up global temperatures. But it doesn't linger in the atmosphere for long thanks to molecules called hydroxyl radicals, which are known as the "atmosphere's detergent" for their ability to break down methane. As the planet warms, however, it' more PR

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, March 24 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Supermassive black holes are growing slower because they have less to consume Astronomers have an answer for a long-running mystery in astrophysics: Why are supermassive black holes today growing slower than in the past? A team of astronomers, led by Penn State researchers, used NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and other X-ray telescopes to find that supermassive black holes are unable t more PR

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, March 25 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: * * * Economic impact of Iran War already widespread, expert explains The economic impacts of the Iran War and Iran's closure of the Strait of Hormuz have reach around the world. Iran's blockade of the strait, a narrow waterway through which ordinarily passes about a fifth of the globe's oil and natural gas supplies, has already had historic consequences for consumers, according to Virginia Tech economic expert David B more PR

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Warren Presses Trump Administration on Mounting Costs to American Families from President's Illegal War with Iran U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, wrote to Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent, White House National Economic Council Di more PR